I let my kids sit on my lap and steer my truck. They can’t reach the pedals yet heh.
This story is absurd though.
When my son was about four, I’d let him sit on my lap behind the wheel to “steer.” This was in our Explorer with the auto transmission shifter on the column. I’d surreptitiously put my foot on the brake to release the shifter, put it in drive, and say “See how easy it is? Your turn.” I’d quietly take my foot off the brake and, of course, he couldn’t move the shift lever no matter how hard he tried. It was real hard keeping a straight face. I eventually confessed and explained to him how things worked and why. He still loves to tell the story how I tricked him 20 years later.